Peter Navarro, a senior White House trade adviser, on Monday defended the sweeping tariffs President Trump has imposed on foreign nations and indicated that other countries\u2019 offers to drop their own tariffs on American products would be insufficient to convince the president to retreat.<\/p>\n

Mr. Navarro, who has been the architect of many of President Trump\u2019s trade plans, said on CNBC that the United States was facing a national emergency based on chronic trade deficits, and the only fix would be foreign countries removing trade barriers that had hindered the flow of American goods.<\/p>\n

The European Union offered Monday to drop its tariffs on American cars and industrial goods to zero if the United States did the same. But Mr. Navarro criticized the bloc for its value-added taxes and restrictions on American meat exports, as well as systematically higher tariffs.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou steal from the American people every which way is possible,\u201d Mr. Navarro said. \u201cSo, don\u2019t just say we\u2019re going to lower our tariffs.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n